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Liam Neeson auditions to be the Easter Bunny
 

RIP Louis Gossett Jnr
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68693180

I see you have the same youtube feed as me.

I don't normally put up videos by Trae Crowder the "Liberal Redneck" because his language is usually NSFW in spots, but this one is relatively tame, and I think we could all use a little leavening of American politics with unique humor. (2:52 - 5:04 is sponsorship.)
 
 

Here's a scenario with terrain I hope to use in my games sometime. The (slightly modified) miniature and the pedestal (actually a base for a different miniature) are from Reaper. I built the shrine with wood and cardboard.

I wonder whether Andersen was mocking the upper class or engaging in self-parody.  His specialty after all, was writing girls who endured horrible torture (frequently leading up to their death) and then there's this impossibly delicate princess who can't sleep due to a degree of discomfort so slight as being impossible for a human to detect.  Then again he could have just objected on "suffering is virtuous" grounds to the original version of the story where the "princess" actually is an imposter, but a kind one who manages to find allies who give her the answers to the queen's tests.  
 

I'd rather have this as my spirit animal:
 

Whoever put the “b” in SUBTLE deserves a pat on the back.
 

I'd rather have this as my spirit animal:
 

I'd rather have this as my spirit animal:
 

Airship factory opening in Tribble's backyard

Here's the other favorite hangout of Pulp RPG characters--the bar.

The best literature example might be Tolkien’s Fellowship of the Ring. Gandalf and Aragorn on one end of the scale and Frodo and the other hobbits on the opposite end.

However, I think it could be said that the top end in power characters didn’t seem to gain as many XPs over the course of the campaign as the four hobbits did. Sam and Frodo both showed quite a bit of growth. Aragorn seemed to be mainly gaining perks along his storyline. And Gandalf didn’t seem to be more powerful, but more like he had his restraints removed.
 
Maybe not quite pointless, but fantasy seems to favor growth in power and ability more than superheroes seem to emphasize. Peter Parker hasn’t seemed to change a lot in his powers from when he was a teenager, but Frodo and Bilbo both changed in their abilities over the course of their heroic journeys.

Oy, that one is simple. Take one old man, put him in mismatched piece's of armor, seat him on a bedraggled charger with a chubby MPC companion riding a donkey. Voila!

I'm really glad Joe Biden and other Democrats have finally taken the gloves off in public against the Republicans. Taking the high road was never going to win for them when their opponents have been wallowing in the mud for years.
 
You just know Donald Trump's 'phone will combust from all the posts he'll make over this.

Some more Penny Dreadfuls.



 
Still haven't found any Penny Dreadful art of a woman tied to the train tracks. Probably a rarity because it was old hat even at that time period.

If you're looking for a something outside the norm try this one. An Alien, a Harlot, and an American Cowboy find themselves together to solve unusual crimes.

Christopher Walken & Chris Sarandon, Hamlet 1982

That a child can read or be read The Lord of The Rings without encountering anything traditionally considered "unsuitable" for children does not mean The Lord Of The Rings is for children. Now, if your definition of "maturity" in writing means sex, violence, cruelty, despair and a general grim darkness to things...then your definition of "mature" is "Rated M for Mature", not actual adulthood - and as such, ironically, marks its defining qualities as being titillation for teenagers, not a literary work for adults.
 
So perhaps you're right in saying that they're intended for different readers: if this is your definition of adult fiction, then indeed, Tolkien is for adults, Martin is for spotty teenagers to hunch over with grisly glee and go "Ooh, that's so edgy and dark! I'm so mature for reading this!"
 
The idea that Tolkien's work lacks darkness is born of youthful ignorance; the story is full of proper, old-fashioned horror. But, because it's written for adults, it doesn't strive to be as on-the-nose and overt as a Scooby Doo episode. Rather, it assumes that the reader is well aware of the petty and visceral atrocities of mortal man...and, instead of rolling around in a shallow layer of muck, digs deeper.

That coyote really is a genius. His schemes to have the roadrunner for dinner were wildly creative. In a just universe they should have worked a hundred times over.
 
But given that he could afford to buy all that Acme hardware, he could have saved himself a lot of grief if he just ordered takeout.